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"If I have to turn into a human thesaurus ... I will do it," [Bowen] said.
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The English language is deep and wide. Only a few words were removed. There are many words and phrases that could easily replace them, if not clarify them. Lawyers make a lot of money for a reason--they're pretty smart. (Well, a lot of them are, anyway.)
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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